You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.